{"id":549438,"date":"2026-07-14T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549438\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:00:07","slug":"is-coffee-good-for-your-liver-heres-what-the-science-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/549438\/","title":{"rendered":"Is coffee good for your liver? Here&#8217;s what the science says."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"UDJKD2GRWBGFVEWNUK4J4EEQCY\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">A new study has found that people who drink <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/interactive\/2022\/coffee-vs-tea-nutrition-health\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/interactive\/2022\/coffee-vs-tea-nutrition-health\/\">coffee<\/a> on a daily basis \u2014 both caffeinated and decaffeinated \u2014 have a lower likelihood of developing liver ailments compared with non-coffee drinkers.<\/p>\n<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"HJJRIFX5IVHTPPD6SIBKFUHD4Q\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">The notion that coffee may protect your liver is one of the most consistent findings from decades of research on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2026\/07\/02\/4-proven-health-benefits-drinking-coffee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2026\/07\/02\/4-proven-health-benefits-drinking-coffee\/\">coffee and its health benefits<\/a>. Many studies have found that coffee drinkers have lower rates of liver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2026\/07\/06\/why-is-cancer-so-common-here-what-i-tell-my-patients\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2026\/07\/06\/why-is-cancer-so-common-here-what-i-tell-my-patients\/\">cancer<\/a>, cirrhosis and nonalcoholic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/05\/22\/fatty-liver-disease\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/05\/22\/fatty-liver-disease\/\">fatty liver disease<\/a>. Scientists think this is in part due to chemical compounds in coffee that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2025\/12\/15\/foods-that-fight-inflammation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2025\/12\/15\/foods-that-fight-inflammation\/\">reduce inflammation<\/a>. Coffee also contains chlorogenic acid, which has been found to improve how effectively the liver responds to insulin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study has found that people who drink coffee on a daily basis \u2014 both caffeinated and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60],"class_list":["post-549438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}